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⚫ '''Jeana Yeager''' (born May 18, 1952 in ], USA) is an ]. She is most famous for co-piloting a non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the ] aircraft from 14 to 23 December 1986.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/rutan/EX32.htm | first = David H | last = Onkst | title = Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager | publisher = U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission}}
| caption = Yeager in 1986 in front of ''Voyager''
</ref> The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles (40,211&nbsp;km), more than doubling the old distance record set by a ] ] in 1962. In recognition of this achievement, she received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Reagan (1986), the ], the ] ], and is the first woman to have received the ]. She also received ] in 1988.
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⚫ '''Jeana Lee Yeager''' (born May 18, 1952) is an American ]. She co-piloted, along with ], the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the ] aircraft from December 14 to 23, 1986.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/rutan/EX32.htm | first = David H | last = Onkst | title = Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager | publisher = U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121002144636/http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/rutan/EX32.htm | archive-date = 2012-10-02 }}</ref> The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles (40,211&nbsp;km), almost doubling the old ] set by a ] ] in 1962.
Jeana is not related to ], the famous test pilot.


==Early life== ==Early life and career==
Jeana Lee Yeager was born on May 18, 1952, in ], to Royal Leland "Lee" Yeager (March 12, 1918 - March 17, 2001) and Alice Evaree Snider ({{nee}} Harris; October 21, 1924 – February 5, 2013). As a child, she and her family variously lived in ], ], and ].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jeana Yeager Was Not Just Along for the Ride |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-12-24-mn-236-story.html |access-date=February 26, 2016 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 24, 1986}}</ref> Following graduation from high school, Yeager, at age 19, married a police officer; they divorced five years later.<ref name="India Today" /> She then worked as a draftsman and surveyor for a geothermal energy company in ]. In 1978, Yeager obtained her private pilot's license while still living in Santa Rosa.<ref name="Gathering of Eagles">{{cite web | url=http://www.goefoundation.org/eagles/biographies/y/110/Yeager-Jeana-L | title=Gathering of Eagles Foundation : Yeager, Jeana L. | publisher=Gathering of Eagles Foundation | access-date=September 9, 2017 | archive-date=September 9, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909190029/http://www.goefoundation.org/eagles/biographies/y/110/Yeager-Jeana-L | url-status=dead }}</ref>
Yeager grew up in ]. Her early hobbies included horseback riding and track running, and she also developed an interest in helicopters. She studied ] at Commerce High School, a skill that would prove valuable later in designing the first-round-the-world aircraft. Yeager graduated from Commerce High School in 1970. When Yeager was 19, she married a police officer, but the two were divorced after five years of marriage.


Yeager worked for ] while he was developing a reusable spacecraft. She met ] in 1980 and they soon both set distance records in the ] and ] planes, designed by Dick's brother ]. In early 1982, Yeager set a new women's speed record for the 2,000-kilometer closed course and in the fall of 1984 using the VariEze, she set the open-distance record of 2,427.1 statute miles.<ref name="Gathering of Eagles" /><ref name="FAI">{{cite web | url=https://www.fai.org/records?record=jeana%20yeager | title=Records - World Air Sports Federation|publisher=Fédération Aéronautique Internationale | access-date=November 27, 2017}}</ref>
In 1977 she gave up on her failing marriage and settled in ], performing drafting and surveying for a company specialising in ]. At age 26, she earned her ], her ultimate ambition being to fly helicopters.


Despite having the same last name, Jeana Yeager is not related to fellow aviator and test pilot General ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Women in Aviation and Space History - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum |url=https://airandspace.si.edu/explore-and-learn/topics/women-in-aviation/Yeager.cfm |website=airandspace.si.edu |access-date=14 December 2020}}</ref>
Yeager became involved in experimental aerospace design when she met ] at about the time she received her pilot license. Truax was a rocket scientist and was developing a fully reusable spacecraft at a company called Project Private Enterprise. Yeager was hired to perform drafting for Truax at his company. She also volunteered to be a test subject in sub-orbital flights, but none took place.


==Association with the Rutans== ==Round-the-world flight==
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Yeager first met Dick Rutan and his brother ], at an air show in ] in 1980. At the time, Burt and Dick ran their own aircraft company, Rutan Aircraft Factory (now ]). Dick Rutan had flown combat missions in ], was 14 years older than Yeager, and was a featured aerobatic flyer at the show. At that time he was chief test pilot for Burt Rutan's aircraft company, based in California's ]. Yeager and Dick Rutan became romantically involved, and Yeager joined him to work as a pilot for Burt Rutan's company, flying Rutan aircraft. Yeager set four separate speed records in ] planes in the early 1980s.
Yeager and Dick Rutan decided to attempt to fly around the world without refueling. They formed Voyager Aircraft, Inc., and Burt Rutan began designing the aircraft. Initially unable to find a commercial sponsor, Yeager started the Voyager Impressive People (VIP) program which became the major source of money to build, test, and fly the aircraft. By mid-1986, Voyager was ready for the flight. Yeager flew as co-pilot on the 216-hour flight and set a world absolute distance record. This was the first time a woman had been listed in an absolute category.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}
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Dick Rutan and Voyager sued Yeager in 1995, alleging that she had misappropriated memorabilia and funds from Voyager. The lawsuit was dropped in 1996.<ref name=taxcourt />
It was Yeager who named the globe-circling project and the planned airplane "]". She drafted the engineering drawings and ran the operation that kept the project financially viable. At the outset of the project, Yeager and the Voyager team managed almost entirely on donations from private individuals. Yeager underwent extensive training in ocean navigation and communications before the trip, and acted as the copilot and navigator. She also went on an Air Force water-survival training course and was one of the first civilians to successfully do so. She also qualified for a commercial pilot license, and multi-engine and instrument ratings.


==Awards==
==After the "Round the World" flight==
In recognition of the 1986 Voyager flight, Yeager received both the ] and ] (NASM) trophies, the ] ], the ] from President ] and the ] (becoming its first female recipient). She shared the Presidential Citizens Medal and Collier Trophy with Dick and Burt Rutan (as well as the NASM Trophy and De la Vaulx Medal with Dick). Yeager shared the 1985 ] (SETP) Jack Northrop Award<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.setp.org/winners/jack-northrop-award-winners.html |title= Jack Northrop Award Recipients |website= The Society of Experimental Test Pilots |access-date= June 20, 2024}}</ref> and 1987 SETP ] with Voyager pilot Dick Rutan.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.setp.org/winners/iven-c-kincheloe-recipients.html |title= Iven C. Kincheloe Award Recipients |website= The Society of Experimental Test Pilots |access-date= June 20, 2024}}</ref> She was also awarded the ] from the ] in 1988.<ref name="LongstrethMedal_Laureates">{{cite web|url=https://www.fi.edu/laureates/jeana-yeager |title=Jeanna Yeager |publisher=] |access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> In 2013, ] magazine ranked Yeager and ] No. 33 on their list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.flyingmag.com/photo-gallery/photos/51-heroes-aviation?pnid=41821|title=51 Heroes of Aviation|work=Flying Magazine|access-date=2018-08-27|language=en}}</ref>
Following the flight of Voyager, Yeager and Rutan traveled around the world on a lecture tour of the project, which helped them cover the costs connected with their pioneering flight, estimated to be $250,000.

Yeager and Rutan's relationship fell apart after their historic flight. Yeager married Bill Williams, whose company marketed Microlon, an engine oil treatment. Yeager endorsed the oil additive in an advertisement which claimed that Voyager lost all oil in the rear engine over the coast of Africa but was "still purring" two hours later." Dick Rutan sued Yeager, claiming misappropriation of Voyager funds but dropped the lawsuit when he discovered that she was declaring bankruptcy and earning only $400 a month as a ranch hand.<ref>Marriages and Rutan Lawsuit http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/InOpHistoric/rinehart8.TCM.WPD.pdf</ref>


==References== ==References==
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⚫ * http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/InOpHistoric/rinehart.TCM.WPD.pdf
* http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/InOpHistoric/Rinehart2.TCM.WPD.pdf
⚫ * http://www.ustaxcourt.gov/InOpHistoric/rinehart8.TCM.WPD.pdf


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American aviator (b. 1952)
Jeana Yeager
Yeager in 1986 in front of Voyager
Born (1952-05-18) May 18, 1952 (age 72)
Fort Worth, Texas
Spouse(s)Jon A. Farrar (1971–1976)
William Z. Williams (1992–1994)
Dale A. Rinehart (1994–1996)
AwardsPresidential Citizens Medal
Harmon Trophy
FAI De la Vaulx Medal
Collier Trophy
Edward Longstreth Medal
Aviation career
Famous flightsThe first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world with Dick Rutan
Flight license1978

Jeana Lee Yeager (born May 18, 1952) is an American aviator. She co-piloted, along with Dick Rutan, the first non-stop, non-refueled flight around the world in the Rutan Voyager aircraft from December 14 to 23, 1986. The flight took 9 days, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds and covered 24,986 miles (40,211 km), almost doubling the old distance record set by a Boeing B-52 strategic bomber in 1962.

Early life and career

Jeana Lee Yeager was born on May 18, 1952, in Fort Worth, Texas, to Royal Leland "Lee" Yeager (March 12, 1918 - March 17, 2001) and Alice Evaree Snider (née Harris; October 21, 1924 – February 5, 2013). As a child, she and her family variously lived in Garland, Texas, Oxnard, California, and Commerce, Texas. Following graduation from high school, Yeager, at age 19, married a police officer; they divorced five years later. She then worked as a draftsman and surveyor for a geothermal energy company in Santa Rosa, California. In 1978, Yeager obtained her private pilot's license while still living in Santa Rosa.

Yeager worked for Robert Truax while he was developing a reusable spacecraft. She met Dick Rutan in 1980 and they soon both set distance records in the Rutan VariEze and Long-EZ planes, designed by Dick's brother Burt Rutan. In early 1982, Yeager set a new women's speed record for the 2,000-kilometer closed course and in the fall of 1984 using the VariEze, she set the open-distance record of 2,427.1 statute miles.

Despite having the same last name, Jeana Yeager is not related to fellow aviator and test pilot General Chuck Yeager.

Round-the-world flight

The Rutan Voyager

Yeager and Dick Rutan decided to attempt to fly around the world without refueling. They formed Voyager Aircraft, Inc., and Burt Rutan began designing the aircraft. Initially unable to find a commercial sponsor, Yeager started the Voyager Impressive People (VIP) program which became the major source of money to build, test, and fly the aircraft. By mid-1986, Voyager was ready for the flight. Yeager flew as co-pilot on the 216-hour flight and set a world absolute distance record. This was the first time a woman had been listed in an absolute category.

Dick Rutan and Voyager sued Yeager in 1995, alleging that she had misappropriated memorabilia and funds from Voyager. The lawsuit was dropped in 1996.

Awards

In recognition of the 1986 Voyager flight, Yeager received both the Harmon and National Air and Space Museum (NASM) trophies, the FAI De la Vaulx Medal, the Presidential Citizens Medal from President Ronald Reagan and the Collier Trophy (becoming its first female recipient). She shared the Presidential Citizens Medal and Collier Trophy with Dick and Burt Rutan (as well as the NASM Trophy and De la Vaulx Medal with Dick). Yeager shared the 1985 Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP) Jack Northrop Award and 1987 SETP Iven C. Kincheloe Award with Voyager pilot Dick Rutan. She was also awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal from the Franklin Institute in 1988. In 2013, Flying magazine ranked Yeager and Dick Rutan No. 33 on their list of the 51 Heroes of Aviation.

References

  1. ^ "Jeana Yeager: All you should know about the first woman to fly around the World Non-stop : Worldly Science". India Today. October 23, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "T.C. Memo. 2003-109" (PDF). United States Tax Court. April 18, 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2009. Retrieved Oct 23, 2015.
  3. Onkst, David H. "Dick Rutan, Jeana Yeager, and the Flight of the Voyager". U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission. Archived from the original on 2012-10-02.
  4. "Jeana Yeager Was Not Just Along for the Ride". Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1986. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
  5. ^ "Gathering of Eagles Foundation : Yeager, Jeana L." Gathering of Eagles Foundation. Archived from the original on September 9, 2017. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
  6. "Records - World Air Sports Federation". Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  7. "Women in Aviation and Space History - Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum". airandspace.si.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  8. "Jack Northrop Award Recipients". The Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  9. "Iven C. Kincheloe Award Recipients". The Society of Experimental Test Pilots. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  10. "Jeanna Yeager". Franklin Institute. Retrieved April 24, 2017.
  11. "51 Heroes of Aviation". Flying Magazine. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

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